Digging Lincoln : An Archaeological Memoir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Michael J.

Series:

Archaeological Lives Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban archaeology.

Historic preservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2024.

Summary:

A uniquely personal account of how a record of the city of Lincoln's rich archaeology was recorded from the time of the early antiquaries through to the commercially funded professional teams of today, by someone who was closely involved in a senior capacity for over half a century.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents Page

List of Figures

Figure 1. The author, aged six, in the back garden, wearing my new cowboy outfit. Was this boy ready to take on the world? The footwear suggests not! (family collection).

Figure 2. Gardens adjacent to Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham, where column-fragments from the granary of the Roman fort at Templeborough are displayed adjacent to the layout of the granary's plan. These remains were found during the excavations of 1916-17

Figure 3. Royal visit to Silverwood Colliery, 31 July 1975, with HM the Queen, equipped to go underground, and miners in jolly mood (by courtesy of Alamy).

Figure 4. A recent view of the Faculty of Arts (now the Samuel Alexander building), with the main library beyond, Manchester University. The Greek and Latin departments occupied the prestigious front (north) range for many years, with history and archaeol

Figure 5. Some of the Manchester University students sitting in an ancient pit excavated at Mam Tor hill-fort, Derbyshire, 1967. I am far left, with other future archaeologists Freda Beresford to my right, and Shelagh Grealey two to my left (photograph: D

Figure 6. The team at Carmarthen, summer 1969, consisting mainly of present and former students, including schoolteachers who brought groups of their pupils from Hull and Liverpool. Among those present here were future archaeologists Bill Hanson, Rick Jon

Figure 7. Barri Jones in a typically daredevil pose, balancing at the top of a mechanical bucket to take a photograph of the excavations at Carmarthen, 1969 (photograph: J H Williams).

Figure 8. Some of the staff and former students of the Archaeology Department of the early 1970s during the Roman Archaeology conference at Reading University, 1995: (L. to R.) Barri Jones, Rick Jones, Joanna Bird, David Bird, Bill Hanson, John Peter Wild

Figure 9. The reconstructed rampart at the Lunt Roman fort at Baginton, near Coventry, where I took part in excavations in the spring of 1970. Note the weathering of the rampart-front, which would clearly have required regular maintenance - useful informa

Figure 10. Engraving of Roman hypocaust found near Exchequergate, c. 1739-40, by George Vertue (reproduced with the kind permission of Lincoln Museum).

Figure 11. Portrait of the antiquarian E J Willson. The artist's surname was Andrew

little more is known about him (reproduced with the kind permission of the Usher Gallery, Lincoln).

Figure 12. View of Greyfriars from the south-east c. 1830, when it began to be used by the Mechanics' Institute (reproduced with the kind permission of Lincoln Museum).

Figure 13. West gate of the Roman city, exposed adjacent to the castle's west gate 1836, by Samuel Tuke (reproduced with the kind permission of Lincoln Museum).

Figure 14. A page from volume 15 of Punch magazine (1849), with a satirical story and cartoon based on the visit to the Mint Wall, based on the Archaeological Institute's annual conference based in Lincoln in 1848.

Figure 15. Interior of Greyfriars Museum, 1930s (reproduced with the kind permission of Lincoln Museum).

Figure 16. Graham Webster (on ladder, left) at the Flaxengate excavations in 1946/7, with (both standing) Norman Booth and Ian Richmond (reproduced with the kind permission of Lincoln Museum).

Figure 17. Hugh Thompson, Keeper of the City and County Museum 1951-55, and later a committee member and our Chairman 1981-84, with then Mayor of Lincoln, Councillor David Jackson, in the civic guildhall in 1990 (by courtesy of Reach plc).

Figure 18. From Left: Tom Baker, Ian Richmond, Francis Hill - the three key officers - and then Mayor, Councillor Allan Briggs, at the 10th annual meeting of the Lincoln Archaeological Research Committee, February 1955 (by courtesy of Reach plc).

Figure 19. Experienced volunteer Alice Reah operating the hoist at Cottesford Place 1957 (reproduced with the kind permission of Lincoln Museum).

Figure 20. Dennis Petch, Keeper of the Museum 1955-62, with an important Roman inscription found at Nettleham, north-east of the city, that probably adorned an arch leading to a temple enclosure (reproduced with the kind permission of Lincoln Museum).

Figure 21. Newport Arch partially destroyed by a commercial vehicle, May 1964 (by courtesy of Reach plc).

Figure 22. Museum Keeper Ben Whitwell working on the excavation of a Roman pottery kiln in Swanpool, on the SW edge of the city, 1968 (reproduced with the kind permission of Lincoln Museum).

Figure 23. The impressive remains of the lower west gate from the north, 1971. Christina Colyer is left centre, on the site of the road between the towers, Brian Gilmour to her left, partly hidden by the south tower

long-term excavator Malcolm Otter is f

Figure 24. The Swanpool kiln experiment 1971, overseen for the LARC by Ken Wood (reproduced with the kind permission of Lincoln Museum).

Figure 25. Christine Mahany, one of the first full-time itinerant field archaeologists in the U.K., who was based in Stamford for most of her career. She came to Manchester University while I was still a research student to talk about her excavations at R.

Figure 26. The former College of Art /Old City School building on Monks Road that was the Trust's first real headquarters, 1972-76. It is now part of Lincoln College. Extreme left is the back range of the Sessions House, the subsequent headquarters from 1

Figure 27. Remains of the medieval Lucy Tower and adjacent city wall exposed at the south side of Lucy Tower Street, a little north of Brayford Pool, 1972. It was preserved in situ beneath the new car-park (City of Lincoln Council).

Figure 28. Group of 15th-16th century pots and candlesticks found at 181-3 High Street in 1972. The depth and complexity of the archaeological remains at this site, several hundred metres well to the south of the Stonebow, emphasised both the geographical

Figure 29. Symbolic launch of the Broadgate East 1973 excavations, with the Mayor, Councillor Peter Archer digging the first hole. Out of shot were two excavators wearing RESCUE T-shirts (photograph by H N Hawley

reproduced with the kind permission of Li

Figure 30. Excavations in progress on remains of medieval and later houses at Broadgate East, looking north (photograph by H N Hawley

City of Lincoln Council).

Figure 31. Skull and facial reconstruction of one of the Anglo-Saxon female burials from Saltergate, on display in Lincoln Museum (reproduced with the kind permission of Lincoln Museum).

Figure 32. Kathleen Major, a nationally important figure in the study of medieval documents, and a great benefactor to historical and archaeological studies in Lincoln (photograph: the estate of Kathleen Major).

Figure 33. Sir Francis Hill hands over his coin collection to the City of Lincoln, March 1974 (reproduced with the kind permission of Lincoln Museum).

Figure 34. View of excavations of medieval and later houses at the western end of Danes Terrace during the 1974 excavations, looking up Steep Hill towards the cathedral. A larger area was being excavated further east (City of Lincoln Council).

Figure 35. Excavations under way on the early medieval deposits at Flaxengate, 1975

looking ESE (photograph by H N Hawley

reproduced with the kind permission of Lincoln Museum).

Figure 36. View of the work at 4-7 Steep Hill at an early stage, looking towards Steep Hill itself. The site adjoined Jews Court to the south (right), adjacent to where a post-medieval cellar was being excavated (reproduced with the kind permission of Lin

Figure 37. Finds viewing in progress at the St Paul-in-the-Bail site, 1975

possibly taken during a break, in view of the presence of (from left) MJJ and site supervisor Dick Whinney, as well as Jen Mann, A N Other, Lauren Adams, Christina Colyer (standin

Figure 38. View from the top of St Hugh's church on Monks Road with part of the Sessions House, the Trust's headquarters 1976-89, in the foreground, bottom right

beyond are the Usher Gallery, and the Medieval Bishops' Palace in the shadow of the cathedra

Figure 39. View, looking east, of the remains of the Roman and medieval city wall, including (at the far-end) the late Roman Posterngate. The excavations (by the DoE) took place in 1973-4 but were then left open for some time, and the Trust's staff had to

Figure 40. Excavations at St Mark's Church site under way in 1977. Some of the wide foundations of the Norman church, excavated in 1976, are still in place, but the excavators are now uncovering and recording remains of the four adjacent Roman traders' ho.

Figure 41. Excavations at St Paul in the Bail, looking west, 1978. Note the nave and chancel of the medieval church, and to the left slight remains of the south wall of the later south aisle (photograph by H N Hawley.

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ISBN:

9781803278483

180327848X

OCLC:

1470910721